Educating the World in Our Classrooms: Preparing Teachers for Immigrant Students

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The education of immigrant students is a global humanitarian crisis given forced displacement of 79.5 million people, 40% of whom are children. Our session, offered in four acts, addresses teacher preparation for immigrant students who are traditionally underserved and marginalized. First will be three Ed-talks, narratives of immigrant students and their teachers situated within three unique contexts: Turkey, North Carolina and New York City. Each Ed-talk will speak through the experiences of teachers who represent multiple identities and nationalities, shattering “the artificial boundaries of perceived research objectivity” (AERA 2021). The fourth act will involve audience participants reflecting on the Ed-talks and sharing their questions and struggles in service of assuming shared responsibility for equitable education and social justice teacher preparation.

Sub Unit

• International Relations Committee

Chair

• A. Lin Goodwin, The University of Hong Kong

Papers

• Breaking Down Barriers and Building Bridges Between Teachers and Immigrant Students: A Review of Literature - Sibel Akin-Sabuncu, TED University

• Immigrant Teachers: Lived Experiences of Immigration, Schooling, and Teaching - Seung Eun McDevitt, St. John's University

• Learning From Community-Based Latinx Immigrant Teachers in Latinx Immigrant Communities - Crystal Chen Lee, North Carolina State University